Tag: Kachchh

Echoes from China: the excavations at the cemetery of Juna Khatiya in Kachchh, India, were recently honoured with the Shanghai Archaeology Forum’s 2023 Field Discovery award

4500 years ago, the Kachchh region in present-day north-western India played an essential role in the development of the Bronze Age Indus Civilization, as attested by the many well-known Indus mounds and citadels that have been documented in the area. However, little was known about the earlier phases that led to the full integration of…
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Semi-nomadic pastoralism and the origins of the Indus Civilization

Dr. Francesc C. Conesa was invited to give a seminar in the Spanish National Archaeological Museum (MAN) to present the latest developments and forthcoming plans of the project “Kachchh Archaeological Project: trade, pastoralism and the origins of the Indus Civilisation” (Palarq Foundation): Semi-nomadic pastoralism and the origins of the Indus Civilization 14th November 18h CET. Open…
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